Westboro Baptist Church coming to a town near me
Fred Phelps Westboro “Baptist Church” [emphasis mine, as I know many lovely Baptist church-goers] is coming to my town next week to demonstrate outside a high school. Why in God’s name (literally) they would target this school is beyond me (and I can’t get clarification from their website because Verizon blocks it), and our community is somewhat torn as to how to proceed.
Some are on the side of a counter-demonstration in order to show the students that we, as a community, support them and do not tolerate…well…intolerance. Others see any acknowledgement of Phelps and his crew as contributing to either his media presence or feeding into his frequent lawsuits for rights violations.
The community listservs are blowing up over this issue, while I’m reminded of a certain underrated early ’90s flick mantra - “We’re not gonna protest! We’re not gonna protest!”
Stay tuned.
"Journalist"
Politics aside, I am uncomfortable with use of the word “journalist” in relation to the blogger who prank-called Wisconsin Governor Walker.
Georgia Rep: Investigate All Misacarriages
I didn’t think I could be any more appalled than after last week’s air strafing on Planned Parenthood. Joke’s on me…and all women.
Tired thoughts about Dylan/Old Crow songs
And just how does one rock someone like a wagon wheel? That suggests to me an unstable wagon.
Wisconsin + Arcade Fire = a viral video. Here’s what it’s all about, people.
(via headphonesnotrequired)
A Sequence of Lines Consecutively Traced by Five Hundred Individuals by Clement Valla
Oh, you mean you didn’t know that the firefighters and the cops were with the teachers on this one? #Solidarity #Wisconsin #PipesAndDrums
Bacon Jam...or..."The Gods Must Be Crazy" Jam
I am making this before February is done, I swear!
My newest mando project — learning Eddie Vedder’s “Rise” from Into the Wild. This is a great instructional vid. Thanks Kartik!
